The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-05-30, Page 7•••
141141101041 Sellif".04 Wroilreiday, May 19179,41,41. 7 .
The old clock on the wall of the beverage room in
tt,e Redt•rees Hotel had supposedly been bought by a
man passing counterfeit one hundred dollar bills. He
had -not removed the Cleck,,po obviously his pretended
purchase was made only to obtain change for the
phony money. Who the crOoked stranger was, nobody
knew exceptAngus, and he,. of course, intended to
use this information to his advantage. He told Shylock
Shaeffer, landlord of the hotel, that his price for
finding the counterfeiter was the old clock.
";1'11 find that there phony 'dollar man fer yer, if
yer'll gimme the clock," Angus told Shylock.
"If you know anything about that man, it's your
duty to tell the police, without any reward from me,"
Bhaeffer had replied.
"If yer think that's'right, maybe its mi duty to tell
the cops that yer dodging the income tax people. -An
that yer a loan shark, an a boetlegger and a few more
nasty things"' can bring ter mind, if 1 wants ter."
"You're only jealous of me because I can make
money," Shylock , said bitterly. *:'You're jealous
because you can't. You never will on that sand pile
you:call a farm!' '
Angus kept his cool. He was determined to get the
clock. ,
"If 1 don't find that phony Money -man your gonna
be out one hundred bucks, but if I find you'll be
out nothing except that old clock."
Shylock had ne idea how Angus was going to focate
Phony Bill, but losing money to -him was like •losing
blood.. •
"O.K."Shylock said, "You got yourselfl 'a deal but
only if you come up with the-Anion:nation to find that
darned crook." • - ,
"That's real rich, that is - you tallith', that there guy
a crook. You're as crooked as a corksCriew yotirself. In
fact 'e were a lot better •than you. 'e. weren't a ,bad,-
lookin' man but you, you're not only a crook, your,
ugly..Fat 'an ugly!'"
By this statement, Angus figured hewaseven with
BbylOck. How, dare this sonnavaWitch call his farm. a
sand:pile!
As soon as the police. cruiser appeared at the •
Redtrees Hotel, .Angus went inside again to witness •
the proceeding§'. •
"What do you know,about the man who passed the
counterfeit money?" the police sergeant asked
ShYlock. •
_• The landlord came from behind the bar wiping his
hands on a beer stained apron.
`Nothing really, except hersaid he was going to a
cattle sale,'' Shylock said. "He was a well dressed
man, that's all I noticed."
, ,"Then; we don't have Much to go on yet, do we'•
e sergeantsaid.
Shaeffer pointed at Anges.- "Mr:' Maccrimrpon•
there,-•he•clairns he knoWs where.yOu can pick' the man
up
!"an it 'sure as 'ell won't.be at a cattle sale That -
there Phon Bffl wouldn't know -a. cow from an
elephant did yer ever see a man at a cattle sale in a
• Pin striped suit and patent leather shoes?" Angus
asked with -a superior air.
: "Well, what do you know abeut him, Mr.
MacCrimmon?" the policeman asked Angus.
Angus took a long siow drink from his bottle of beer
before he replied: He fig'u'red he had grasped this
situation by the burdizzos!
told thaf there Shaeffer; that I'll tell ,yer how ter
find the man, if he gives me that there clock," he said.
'It's all a matter of elementary thinkin', so it is
deduction they calls it!"
Shylock was becoming impatient with Angus.
"Don't give us .that.bull shoot Angus you ain't iio
Sherlock Holmes - just tell the sergeant what you
know."
Angus puffed out his chest.
"I know exactly' 'ow to find 'im, and I.:11 tell yer, as
soon as.Shylook there, promises ter give me the ctock
when yous guys picks 'im up."
"I told you I would," Shylock said in exasperation.
"Yeah, I know, butt wanted you to say it in front of
witnesses - alt nice an' legal like,- Angus said.
"Alright, alright!" the sergeant inteijected. "The
clock has nothing to do with the case. Where can we
find the man?" •
• Angus took another long lingering think item the
bottle before he replied. He was going to make them
wait -fust a little lorrger, besides he was,enjoying his
moment of triumph over Shylock. He set the bottle
down firmly on • the table and drew the back of his
hand across his mouth.
"His name is Cyril Chapman, an' 'elives at number
63 . Tulip St.„ • in Toronto.— : so 'e does.-
"And how do you know that" ,the police sergeant
question -ed.••
"I've got it right here, so 1 'aye; on this 'ere dry
cleaning ticket the Man dropped on the day 'e took
Shylock with the phony bill. I've kept it so I 'ave, I
• knew it was important evidence," Angus said
proudly.. : •
11---wds beveral----Weeks,-••-befor-e---any-thing__OlefinituL
became of the. matter. I gave the latest edition of the .•
Grunt and Thunder to Angus and Odintect,mit a small
• item 1 had printed. He became really, ekcited and
asked me to. drive •him down t� -the Redtrees Hotel.
- When we arrive, he limped up to the bar andthrew
the newspaper under. the nose of Shylock. He had
- drawn a straggly line around the choicest piece of
news he had seen for pOmetime.
• "Says 'ere that Phony Bill was given two yearsfer
• passingcounterfeit money at race tracks, restaurants,
beverage rooms and Such -like places. It don't mention
• the .Redtrees guess they figured it weren't. too
important," ' Angus said sarcastically. ' •
• Maybe Shylock thought he would never , see his
•hundred dollars again,' especially now the hien was in
jail. He had to put up some kind of a fight to keep his
clock
'I don' t‘believe•-eYerythingA-read. ialhat-dlity Iittle
rag;" he said, 'Oolong at me in centempt,
'You had better believe it, I told him. "It's -from,
the County Court they are not liars even if you are!''
'For many years after that, the clock wheezed and
clanged away the time in the old frame house on the
Hungry Ffundred. 1 don't know where it is now, but
I'd like lc) bet it is •stili ticking away! @ : •
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Letters to the editor
Trinity Church
Ashfield
Lucknow, Ontario
Canada •
Dear ,Sir:
From my correspondence
with Alvin L. • Gardner of
Ashfield Route 34 -am in hope
that you will be able to help
• Me answer some questions
concerning my family. .
I am seeking information
concerning two Gardner fan--
•. ilies. Henry Gardner and his
wife Jane who are my great
• great grandparents; he was
born 1801 and died about
1863, she was born in 1808
• sand died 1860-70. They lived
in Morris Township, 1st
concession) lots 31-34. There
were five children • Mary
married John Chamber, John
married Jane , Anne Jane
• married William Finlayson,
Margaret married William
Andre'w (my great„ grand:
parents) and Elizabeth mar-
• ried George Kerr. All were
• married 'before 1872. The
family were members at one
time of the N.C. Methodist
Church (? Zion Church).
The other Gardner family
is that of William Gardner
and his wife Sarah Graydon.
He is probably a brother of
my relative. William Gardner
Idled in 1889, They had four
children John R. who mar-
ried. Knilda Lane, Wm.
Thomas wo married Caro-
line MacDonogh, Margaret
J. who married Jonathan
Craig and James H. who
.married Jane Ritchie.'
1
I would like to be able to
contact who ever has the
records of the Zion Church
Cemetery and the Greenhill
• Cemetery concerning pos-
sible— burials. -- Appirently
William and Sarah Gardner
are buried With sonxe child-
ren at Zion, but I'do not know
where Henry and Jane Gard-
ner are buried.
My great grandparents
were married in Ashfield by
a Rev. Jno. Walker in 1865
(William Andrew and Marg-
aret Gardner) but I am
unsure of which church.
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Welsh, M.D.
• 10311 S.E. 28th Street,
'Bellevue, Washington.
•98004
Defends •
• moratorium
To the Editor: •
I notice ..that the editor of
• `'The • (Kincardine) Inde-
pendent' in his editorial of
• May 16th, 1979 has threat-
ened this area with the old
threat of an N.D.P. morator-
ium on .nuclear projects.
• When this letter is pub- '
lished the election will be
over and all of us will be
returning to the sane world
of a non campaign period.
However, it heartens me to
see the old chestnut is being
brought up by those afraid of
the socialist, hoards of Huron -
Bruce, we sure must be •
growing to merit such atten-
tion.
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